English > Old Testament: 1 sense > noun 1, communication| Meaning | The collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible. |
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| Category of | Aaron | (Old Testament) elder brother of Moses and first high priest of the Israelites / Israelites |
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| Abel | (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man |
| Adam | (Old Testament) in Judeo-Christian mythology |
| Bathsheba | (Old Testament) the wife of Uriah and later the wife of king David |
| Belshazzar | (Old Testament) Babylonian general and son of Nebuchadnezzar II |
| Benjamin | (Old Testament) the youngest and best-loved son of Jacob and Rachel and one of the twelve forebears of the tribes of Israel |
| Cain | (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man |
| Daniel | (Old Testament) a youth who was taken into the court of Nebuchadnezzar and given divine protection when thrown into a den of lions (6th century BC) |
| David | (Old Testament) the 2nd king of the Israelites / Israelites |
| Dead Sea scrolls | (Old Testament) a collection of written scrolls (containing nearly all of the Old Testament) found in a cave near the Dead Sea in the late 1940s |
| Delilah | (Old Testament) the Philistine mistress of Samson who betrayed him by cutting off his hair and so deprived him of his strength |
| Esau | (Old Testament) the eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac |
| Esther | (Old Testament) a beautiful Jewess chosen by the king of Persia to be his queen |
| Eve | (Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology |
| Fall of Man | (Judeo-Christian mythology) when Adam and Eve ate of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden, God punished them by driving them out of the Garden of Eden and into the world where they would be subject to sickness and pain and eventual death |
| Goliath | (Old Testament) a giant Philistine warrior who was slain by David with a slingshot |
| Gomorrah, Gomorrha | (Old Testament) an ancient city near the Dead Sea that (along with Sodom) was destroyed by God for the vice and depravity of its inhabitants |
| Ham | (Old Testament) son of Noah |
| Haman | (Old Testament) the minister of the Persian emperor who hated the Jews and was hanged for plotting to massacre them |
| Hebrews, Israelites | The ethnic group claiming descent from Abraham and Isaac (especially from Isaac's son Jacob) |
| Hezekiah, Ezekias | (Old Testament) king of Judah who abolished idolatry (715-687 BC) |
| Isaac | (Old Testament) the second patriarch |
| Isaiah | (Old Testament) the first of the major Hebrew prophets (8th century BC) |
| Ishmael | (Old Testament) the son of Abraham who was cast out after the birth of Isaac |
| Issachar | (Old Testament) a son of Jacob and a forebear of one of the tribes of Israel |
| Jacob | (Old Testament) son of Isaac |
| Japheth | (Old Testament) son of Noah |
| Jeremiah | (Old Testament) an Israelite prophet who is remembered for his angry lamentations (jeremiads) about the wickedness of his people (circa 626-587 BC) |
| Jeroboam, Jeroboam I | (Old Testament) first king of the northern kingdom of Israel who led Israel into sin (10th century BC) |
| Jonah | (Old Testament) Jonah did not wish to become a prophet so God caused a great storm to throw him overboard from a ship |
| Joseph | (Old Testament) the 11th son of Jacob and one of the 12 patriarchs of Israel |
| Joshua | (Old Testament) Moses' successor who led the Israelites / Israelites into the Promised Land |
| Judah | (Old Testament) the fourth son of Jacob who was forebear of one of the tribes of Israel |
| Lot | (Old Testament) nephew of Abraham |
| Lot's wife | (Old Testament) when God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, Lot and his family were told to flee without looking back |
| Methuselah | (Old Testament) a patriarch (grandfather of Noah) who is said to have lived 969 years |
| Michael | (Old Testament) the guardian archangel of the Jews |
| Moses | (Old Testament) the Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites / Israelites from Egypt across the Red sea on a journey known as the Exodus |
| Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar II, Nebuchadrezzar, Nebuchadrezzar II | (Old Testament) king of Chaldea who captured and destroyed Jerusalem and exiled the Israelites / Israelites to Babylonia (630?-562 BC) |
| Nimrod | (Old Testament) a famous hunter |
| Paralipomenon | (Old Testament) an obsolete name for the Old Testament books of I Chronicles and II Chronicles which were regarded as supplementary to Kings |
| Rachel | (Old Testament) the second wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph and Benjamin |
| Rebecca, Rebekah | (Old Testament) wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau |
| Reuben | (Old Testment) a son of Jacob and forefather of one of the tribes of Israel |
| Samson | (Old Testament) a judge of Israel who performed herculean / herculean feats of strength against the Philistines until he was betrayed to them by his mistress Delilah |
| Samuel | (Old Testament) Hebrew prophet and judge who anointed Saul as king |
| Sarah | (Old Testament) the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac |
| Saul | (Old Testament) the first king of the Israelites / Israelites who defended Israel against many enemies (especially the Philistines) |
| Seth | (Old Testament) third son of Adam and Eve |
| Shem | (Old Testament) eldest son of Noah |
| Simeon | (Old Testament) the 2nd son of Jacob and one of the 12 patriarchs of Israel |
| Sodom | (Old Testament) an ancient city near the Dead Sea that (along with Gomorrah) was destroyed by God for the wickedness of its inhabitants |
| Solomon | (Old Testament) son of David and king of Israel noted for his wisdom / wisdom / wisdom / wisdom (10th century BC) |
| Uriah | (Old Testament) the husband of Bathsheba and a soldier who was sent to die in battle so that king David could marry his wife (circa 10th century BC) |
| burning bush | (Old Testament) the bush that burned without being consumed and from which God spoke to Moses |
| fire and brimstone | (Old Testament) God's means of destroying sinners |
| golden calf | (Old Testament) an idol made by Aaron for the Israelites / Israelites to worship |
| laver | (Old Testament) large basin used by a priest in an ancient Jewish temple to perform ritual ablutions |
| miraculous food, manna, manna from heaven | (Old Testament) food that God gave the Israelites / Israelites during the Exodus |
| stacte | (Old Testament) one of several sweet-smelling spices / spices used in incense |
| Instances | Septuagint | The oldest Greek version / version of the Old Testament |
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| Part of | Bible, Christian Bible, Book, Good Book, Holy Scripture, Holy Writ, Scripture, Word of God, Word | The sacred writings of the Christian religions |
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| Parts | Amos, Book of Amos | An Old Testament book telling Amos's prophecies |
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| Apocrypha | 14 books of the Old Testament included in the Vulgate (except for II Esdras) but omitted in Jewish and Protestant versions of the Bible |
| Daniel, Book of Daniel, Book of the Prophet Daniel | An Old Testament book that tells of the apocalyptic / apocalyptic visions / visions and the experiences of Daniel in the court of Nebuchadnezzar |
| Ecclesiastes, Book of Ecclesiastes | An Old Testament book consisting of reflections on the vanity of human life |
| Esther, Book of Esther | An Old Testament book telling of a beautiful Jewess who became queen of Persia and saved her people from massacre |
| Exodus, Book of Exodus | The second book of the Old Testament |
| Ezekiel, Ezechiel, Book of Ezekiel | An Old Testament book containing Ezekiel's prophecies of the downfall of Jerusalem and Judah and their subsequent restoration |
| Ezra, Book of Ezra | An Old Testament book telling of a rabbi's efforts in the 5th century BC to reconstitute Jewish law and worship in Jerusalem after the Babylonian Captivity |
| Genesis, Book of Genesis | The first book of the Old Testament |
| Habakkuk, Habacuc, Book of Habakkuk | An Old Testament book telling Habakkuk's prophecies |
| Haggai, Aggeus, Book of Haggai | An Old Testament book telling the prophecies of Haggai which are concerned mainly with rebuilding the temples after the Babylonian Captivity |
| Hosea, Book of Hosea | An Old Testament book telling Hosea's prophecies |
| II Chronicles, 2 Chronicles | The second of two Old Testament books telling the history of Judah and Israel until the return from the Babylonian Captivity in 536 BC |
| II Kings, 2 Kings | The second of two Old Testament books telling the histories of the kings of Judah and Israel |
| II Samuel, 2 Samuel | The second of two books of the Old Testament that tell of Saul and David |
| I Chronicles, 1 Chronicles | The first of two Old Testament books telling the history of Judah and Israel until the return from the Babylonian Captivity in 536 BC |
| I Kings, 1 Kings | The first of two Old Testament books telling the histories of the kings of Judah and Israel |
| I Samuel, 1 Samuel | The first of two books in the Old Testament that tell of Saul and David |
| Isaiah, Book of Isaiah | An Old Testament book consisting of Isaiah's prophecies |
| Jeremiah, Book of Jeremiah | A book in the Old Testament containing the oracles of the prophet Jeremiah |
| Job, Book of Job | A book in the Old Testament containing Job's pleas to God about his afflictions and God's reply |
| Joel, Book of Joel | An Old Testament book telling Joel's prophecies |
| Jonah, Book of Jonah | A book in the Old Testament that tells the story of Jonah and the whale |
| Joshua, Josue, Book of Joshua | A book in the Old Testament describing how Joshua led the Israelites / Israelites into Canaan (the Promised Land) after the death of Moses |
| Judges, Book of Judges | A book of the Old Testament that tells the history of Israel under the leaders known as judges |
| Lamentations, Book of Lamentations | An Old Testament book lamenting the desolation of Judah after the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC |
| Leviticus, Book of Leviticus | The third book of the Old Testament |
| Micah, Micheas, Book of Micah | An Old Testament book telling the prophecies of Micah foretelling the destruction of Jerusalem |
| Nahum, Book of Nahum | An Old Testament book telling Nahum's prophecy of the fall of Nineveh |
| Nehemiah, Book of Nehemiah | An Old Testament book telling how a Jewish official at the court of Artaxerxes I in 444 BC became a leader in rebuilding Jerusalem after the Babylonian Captivity |
| Numbers, Book of Numbers | The fourth book of the Old Testament |
| Obadiah, Abdias, Book of Obadiah | An Old Testament book telling Obadiah's prophecies |
| Proverbs, Book of Proverbs | An Old Testament book consisting of proverbs from various Israeli sages (including Solomon) |
| Psalm | One of the 150 lyrical poems and prayers that comprise the Book of Psalms in the Old Testament |
| Psalms, Book of Psalms | An Old Testament book consisting of a collection of 150 Psalms |
| Ruth, Book of Ruth | A book of the Old Testament that tells the story of Ruth who was not an Israelite but who married an Israelite and who stayed with her mother-in-law Naomi after her husband died |
| Song of Songs, Song of Solomon, Canticle of Canticles, Canticles | An Old Testament book consisting of a collection of love poems traditionally attributed to Solomon but actually written much later |
| Torah, Pentateuch, Laws | The first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit |
| Zechariah, Zacharias, Book of Zachariah | An Old Testament book telling the prophecies of Zechariah which are concerned mainly with the renewal of Israel after the Babylonian Captivity |
| Zephaniah, Sophonias, Book of Zephaniah | An Old Testament book telling the prophecies of Zephaniah which are concerned mainly with the approaching judgment by God upon the sinners of Judah |
| Broader | will, testament | A legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die |
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| Spanish | Antiguo Testamento |
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| Catalan | Antic Testament |
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